Irene Papas
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Irene Papas (Greek: Ειρήνη Παππά, born Eirini Lelekou (Greek: Ειρήνη Λελέκου), 3 September 1929 – 14 September 2022) was a Greek actress and singer who starred in over 70 films in a career spanning more than 50 years. She gained international recognition through such popular award-winning films as The Guns of Navarone (1961), Zorba the Greek (1964) and Z (1969). She was a powerful protagonist in films including The Trojan Women (1971) and Iphigenia (1977). She played the title roles in Antigone (1961) and Electra (1962). She had a fine singing voice, on display in the 1968 recording Songs of Theodorakis. Papas won Best Actress awards at the Berlin International Film Festival for Antigone and from the National Board of Review for The Trojan Women. Her career awards include the Golden Arrow Award in 1993 at Hamptons International Film Festival, and the Golden Lion Award in 2009 at the Venice Biennale. Description above from the Wikipedia article Irene Papas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
The Guns of Navarone (1961)
as Maria Pappadimos
Zorba the Greek (1964)
as Widow
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)
as Drosoula
Z (1969)
as Hélène
Lion of the Desert (1981)
as Mabrouka
The Message (1976)
as Hind
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
as Queen Catherine
Into the Night (1985)
as Shaheen Parvici
Bambina (1974)
as Raimonda Spina
Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
Actor
The Trojan Women (1971)
as Helen
Iphigenia (1977)
as Klytaimnistra
High Season (1987)
as Penelope
The Brotherhood (1968)
as Ida Ginetta
Erendira (1983)
as Grandmother Amadis
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1987)
as Madre de Angela
Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)
as Dona Aurelia Avallone
Jacob (1994)
as Rebekka
Bloodline (1979)
as Simonetta Palazzi
The Moon-Spinners (1964)
as Sophia
Roma bene (1971)
as Elena Teopoulos
Party (1996)
as Irene
Odissea (1968)
as Penelope
Electra (1962)
as Elektra
Moses the Lawgiver (1976)
as Zippora
The Battle of Sutjeska (1973)
as Borina majka
Attila (1954)
as Grune
Sweet Country (1987)
as Mrs. Araya
A Talking Picture (2003)
as Helena
The Assisi Underground (1985)
as Mother Giuseppina
Tribute to a Bad Man (1956)
as Jocasta Constantine
A Dream of Kings (1969)
as Caliope
We Still Kill the Old Way (1967)
as Luisa Roscio
Oasis of Fear (1971)
as Barbara Slater
Theodora, Slave Empress (1954)
as Faidia
Ring of Darkness (1979)
as Raffaella
Plato's Banquet (1989)
as Diotime
Trap for the Assassin (1966)
as Julia de Noirville
Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
as Giulia Venere
The Man From Cairo (1953)
as Yvonne Lebeau
Antigone (1961)
as Antigone
L'assistente sociale tutto pepe... (1981)
as La Signora
1821 at the Cinema (2021)
as (archive footage)
A Child Called Jesus (1987)
as Old Maria
The Deserter (1983)
as Mariangela
The Desperate Ones (1967)
as Ajmi
The Unfaithfuls (1953)
as Luisa Azzali
Bouboulina (1959)
as Laskarina Bouboulina
Island (1989)
as Marquise
Il falso bugiardo (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
The Balad of Mamelouk (1982)
as Mamluk's Mother
N.P. - The Secret (1972)
as Casalinga
1931: Once Upon a Time in New York (1973)
as Donna Mimma
Dead City (1951)
as Lena
Vortice (1953)
as Clara
Witness Out of Hell (1967)
as Lea Weiss
Inquietude (1998)
as Mother
Behold Man - The Survivors (1969)
as Anna
Pssst ... girls! (1959)
as Eleni
The Missing Scientists (1954)
as Gina
Blood Wedding (1977)
as La mère
Afghanistan For What? (1984)
Actor
The Lake of Sighs (1959)
as Frosyni
...και το τρένο πάει στον ουρανό (2001)
as Elena Michailovna
Yerma (1999)
as Vieja pagana
The Murder of Julius Caesar (1972)
as Calpurnia
Fallen Angels (1948)
as Liana
Up, Down and Sideways (1992)
as Μαρία
Lettera da Parigi (1993)
as Gina
The Steps (1966)
as Joana
Un Amore Rubato (1993)
Actor